“GA FUND” aims to create business synergies with investee companies and acquire capital gains through investment development, and is expected to start operation from November 2018. So far, we have launched various new services in the ReTech (real estate tech) area, with the strength of "the fusion of the Internet and the real world". Utilizing the know-how and networks we have accumulated in the process, we will accelerate the business growth of promising IT ventures and startups, mainly in the X-Tech area.

-Outline of "GA FUND"
“GA FUND” is an investment business that specializes in investing in venture companies and startup companies in the X-Tech area including ReTech. In addition to investing in investee companies, our company and external partners with X-Tech business experience will provide hands-on support for business growth and contribute to the speedy launch of startups.

- Background of the start of "GA FUND"
1) Heating of venture/startup investment
In Japan, corporate venture capital (CVC), in which business companies invest in ventures and startups, is increasing, and startup investment is attracting attention as a method for new business development and innovation creation. In fact, Japanese CVC investment in 2017 reached a record high of 68.1 billion yen, a 27-fold increase from five years ago. (*1)Furthermore, looking at the total funding of startups (including IPOs), the amount of funding reached 292.1 billion yen in the same year, and is expected to approach 400 billion yen in 2018. (*2)

2) Track record of launching new businesses
In addition to the launch and development of various services such as "RENOSY", nearly 100 business ideas are proposed each time for the in-house new business creation program "GA BOOSTER". Rent liability guarantee service by utilizing mentoring by people with new business experience inside and outside the company and our own network "Renosy Forrent Insure" First, we are actually developing multiple new businesses and new services.

3) Achievements of net x real
Regarding the "integration of the Internet and the real world", which is important in the X-Tech area, we are growing with the ReTech business of the Internet and the real world, and we can provide business growth know-how that fuses the Internet and the real world.

4) Support for IPO and EXIT
Based on the company's own fundraising and stock listing cases, we can provide funding, IPO, and EXIT support for startups.

-Schedule for the start of "GA FUND"
We are planning to improve the internal system and start operation at the beginning of the next fiscal year (starting from November 2018, ending October 2019).